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View Poll Results: Would you like to have printable documentation for TBGL module ?

PDF manual for TBGL ?

Hi,

question is posted in poll above

As you know, TBGL has currently help file, support website, lot of samples.
But printed documentation does not require you to read all this on PC, you could read it anywhere ( before going to sleep / to make sleep your children )

Re: PDF manual for TBGL ?

its me again I see another vote for first choice was added so I am doing ... ahem ... preproduction works for TBGL manual.

So I am composing skeleton of chapters, what should be where ...

Interesting problem now is for "Chapter Zero: The Basic Concepts ( of 3D programming ?)".

As I realised, some people do not realize terms like "vertex" or "face" as common stuff when starting with TBGL or 3D programming in general. This makes their life a bit hard.
So I thought this Chapter Zero could contain some essential information on stuff I mentioned above, maybe explanations on RGB(A) color model and more.

How deep you think it has sense to go. I have book "Modern computer graphics" at home, which is awesome, but if I imagine I should mention all what is inside later in TBGL user guide ... it could be too hard reading and many would not go over this.

I ask all graphic gurus over this forum - what do you think is "theoretical 3D minimum" for safe take off ?
Transformations, color coding, Z-buffering, alpha masking ... something more ?

Re: PDF manual for TBGL ?

One of my projects will be a fun program to explore 3D and Arithmetics. It will help me finally get it into my thick skull for one thing. I hope to have something in the next 6 months. Got lots of learning to do till then

Re: PDF manual for TBGL ?

Hi Lance,

welcome on the board.

No, so far (at least to my knowledge) no PDF manual has been released. But don't resist to ask all the questions that you can't find an answer for it yourself. And have a look in the TBGL helpfile, all information should be inside of it. As you ask about TBGL, my guess is that you want to create games with it. Right?

Re: PDF manual for TBGL ?

Originally Posted by Michael Hartlef

Hi Lance,

welcome on the board.

No, so far (at least to my knowledge) no PDF manual has been released. But don't resist to ask all the questions that you can't find an answer for it yourself. And have a look in the TBGL helpfile, all information should be inside of it. As you ask about TBGL, my guess is that you want to create games with it. Right?

Michael

Thanks for your answer.

I searched for PDF manual and this was the thread that came up. In fact I'm interested in a variety of programming tasks, including simulations and educational games. (I am a teacher and a researcher). I am still more comfortable reading a manual than reading on screen (old, that is the problem, I suppose) so that is why I asked.